Is maladaptive daydreaming curable

Answer 1

Yes. But it will not be easy. First you must kick up the dirt of your past and discover when it started and how it has helped you. For example, in some people it began as a child when they experienced a trauma or abuse. They went on to use this daydreaming syndrome to help them cope with life. In order to get better, one cannot tap out into the day dreaming. You must be present and focused on something other than your past and your problems. I have found that education, learning and exercise are good ways to focus the mind. Next, you must force yourself not to day dream. If your trigger is the computer or music, then you must avoid them when possible and when not, use them carefully. You must create a plan for the day and do those thing on the list without slipping into day dream land. This will not be easy. You must also pray or meditate, which is said to help calm an over active mind. Reading and memorizing the psalms and repeating them in prayer or meditation will help. This will not stop overnight. If you have been doing this for 20 years, know that it will not stop over night -- although it could for the fortunate few. It may take months or even years to deal with issues and to refocus your life.

You are not a bad person because you daydream. You are a creative and wonderful child of God who used your mind to cope and to escape. It is like an addiction and if not carefully monitored you can become a crack addict like dreamer of sorts. There is hope and although you may not want to hear it, your day dreams are talking to you. Are they telling you to go to college or law school to be that hot shot lawyer in your day dreams. Are those dreams of you being an Olympic athlete, calling you to exercise or to run in your first 5K. Listen, watch and find the hidden message in your dreams.